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Riding to safety in an improvised breeches buoy, Robin Thompson, three, was the first to be rescued by this method in the Long Branch flood. [Incomplete]
Riding to safety in an improvised breeches buoy, Robin Thompson, three, was the first to be rescued by this method in the Long Branch flood. [Incomplete]

Riding to safety in an improvised breeches buoy, Robin Thompson, three, was the first to be rescued by this method in the Long Branch flood. [Incomplete]

Date3/17/1948
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Original Toronto Star caption: Riding to safety in an improvised breeches buoy; Robin Thompson; three; was the first to be rescued by this method in the Long Branch flood. [Incomplete]
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0007196F
Country:Canada
Province or state:Ontario
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